FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 10, 1998Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SEA by 11 after the first quarter and won 97–83.

Final
TOR86
CHI93
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
MIA91
CLE81
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +10
Final
BOS99
DEN112
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +13
Final
WAS99
GSW87
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +12
Final
SEA83
HOU97
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +14
Final
ORL66
IND85
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +19
Final
ATL108
MIL100
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +8
Final
DAL81
NJN90
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +9
Final
CHH91
NYK99
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +8
Final
SAC86
PHX88
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
LAL105
POR117
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +12
Final
LAC98
UTA106
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · SEA @ HOU

Houston rallies from 11 down to beat Seattle

Trailing by 11 after one, Houston outscored the SuperSonics 77–52 the rest of the way. Final: 97–83. Clyde Drexler led Houston with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-8+8+14HOU AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA312491983
HOU2027252597
Who led
Clyde DrexlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 11, 17, 14, 10, 18, 20, 4, 19HOU19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 0, 14, 4, 16, 13, 6, 3, 14HOU14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 20, 20, 12, 10, 30, 14, 17, 20SEA20 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 19, 23, 20, 28, 19, 24, 41, 15SEA15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 19.

PHX over SAC2CHI over TOR7ATL over MIL8NYK over CHH8UTA over LAC8NJN over DAL9MIA over CLE10WAS over GSW12POR over LAL12DEN over BOS13HOU over SEA14IND over ORL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy Murray leads the day with 50

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 8, 22, 12, 16, 24, 9, 50WAS @ GSW · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +36.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 23, 32, 23, 9, 18, 18, 16, 36GSW vs WAS · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Johnny NewmanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 9, 19, 9, 10, 21, 19, 18, 34DEN vs BOS · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 35, 26, 30, 27, 26, 24, 21, 31LAL @ POR · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 26, 35, 27, 29, 20, 23, 30, 29UTA vs LAC · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 16, 16, 6, 26, 17, 17, 25, 28MIL vs ATL · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Michael FinleyDAL+5.4 26.5 last 10 · 21.1 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Samaki WalkerDAL+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tracy MurrayWAS+5.3 19.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Matt MaloneyHOU+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Elden CampbellLAL−5.9 6.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bison DeleDET−5.8 11.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Rony SeikalyORL−5.6 9.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dennis ScottDAL−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kendall GillNJN−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season